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 author = {Rodrigues, Henrique and Santos, Jose Renato and Turner, Yoshio and Soares, Paolo and Guedes, Dorgival},
 title = {Gatekeeper: supporting bandwidth guarantees for multi-tenant datacenter networks},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd conference on I/O virtualization},
 series = {WIOV'11},
 year = {2011},
 location = {Portland, OR},
 pages = {6--6},
 numpages = {1},
 url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2001555.2001561},
 acmid = {2001561},
 publisher = {USENIX Association},
 address = {Berkeley, CA, USA},
}

@book{lam2010netshare,
  title={NetShare: Virtualizing data center networks across services},
  author={Lam, Terry and Radhakrishnan, Sivasankar and Vahdat, Amin and Varghese, George},
  year={2010},
  publisher={Department of Computer Science and Engineering], University of California, San Diego}
}

@inproceedings{Guo:2010:SDC:1921168.1921188,
 author = {Guo, Chuanxiong and Lu, Guohan and Wang, Helen J. and Yang, Shuang and Kong, Chao and Sun, Peng and Wu, Wenfei and Zhang, Yongguang},
 title = {SecondNet: a data center network virtualization architecture with bandwidth guarantees},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th International COnference},
 series = {Co-NEXT '10},
 year = {2010},
 isbn = {978-1-4503-0448-1},
 location = {Philadelphia, Pennsylvania},
 pages = {15:1--15:12},
 articleno = {15},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1921168.1921188},
 doi = {10.1145/1921168.1921188},
 acmid = {1921188},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {DCN, bandwidth guarantee, virtual data center},
}

@inproceedings{Shieh:2011:SDC:1972457.1972489,
 author = {Shieh, Alan and Kandula, Srikanth and Greenberg, Albert and Kim, Changhoon and Saha, Bikas},
 title = {Sharing the data center network},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th USENIX conference on Networked systems design and implementation},
 series = {NSDI'11},
 year = {2011},
 location = {Boston, MA},
 pages = {23--23},
 numpages = {1},
 url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1972457.1972489},
 acmid = {1972489},
 publisher = {USENIX Association},
 address = {Berkeley, CA, USA},
}

@article{Ballani:2011:TPD:2043164.2018465,
 author = {Ballani, Hitesh and Costa, Paolo and Karagiannis, Thomas and Rowstron, Ant},
 title = {Towards predictable datacenter networks},
 journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.},
 issue_date = {August 2011},
 volume = {41},
 number = {4},
 month = aug,
 year = {2011},
 issn = {0146-4833},
 pages = {242--253},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2043164.2018465},
 doi = {10.1145/2043164.2018465},
 acmid = {2018465},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {allocation, bandwidth, datacenter, virtual network},
} 

@article{VanDenBossche:2013:OCS:2435448.2435537,
 author = {Van Den Bossche, Ruben and Vanmechelen, Kurt and Broeckhove, Jan},
 title = {Online cost-efficient scheduling of deadline-constrained workloads on hybrid clouds},
 journal = {Future Gener. Comput. Syst.},
 issue_date = {June, 2013},
 volume = {29},
 number = {4},
 month = jun,
 year = {2013},
 issn = {0167-739X},
 pages = {973--985},
 numpages = {13},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2012.12.012},
 doi = {10.1016/j.future.2012.12.012},
 acmid = {2435537},
 publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.},
 address = {Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands},
 keywords = {Cloud computing, Cost, Hybrid clouds, Runtime estimation errors, Scheduling, Simulation},
} 

@INPROCEEDINGS{5999800, 
author={Lucas Simarro, J.L. and Moreno-Vozmediano, R. and Montero, R.S. and Llorente, I.M.}, 
booktitle={High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS), 2011 International Conference on}, 
title={Dynamic placement of virtual machines for cost optimization in multi-cloud environments}, 
year={2011}, 
pages={1-7}, 
keywords={cloud computing;pricing;scheduling;virtual machines;average prices trends;cloud adoption;cloud computing market;cloud prices trends;cost optimization;dynamic pricing schemes utilization;multicloud environments;scheduling model;value-add features;virtual cluster placement optimization;virtual infrastructure;virtual machine dynamic placement;Cloud computing;Computational modeling;Dynamic scheduling;Heuristic algorithms;Mathematical model;Pricing;Virtual machining;Brokering Middleware;Cloud Computing;Resource Allocation}, 
doi={10.1109/HPCSim.2011.5999800},}

@inproceedings{Theng:2012:VMC:2223952.2224346,
 author = {Theng, Deepti and Hande, K. N.},
 title = {VM Management for Cross-Cloud Computing Environment},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies},
 series = {CSNT '12},
 year = {2012},
 isbn = {978-0-7695-4692-6},
 pages = {731--735},
 numpages = {5},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CSNT.2012.160},
 doi = {10.1109/CSNT.2012.160},
 acmid = {2224346},
 publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
 address = {Washington, DC, USA},
 keywords = {Virtualization, cloud computing, virtual machine (VM) image, cross-cloud computing, scheduling},
} 

@article{Bodik:2012:SFB:2377677.2377760,
 author = {Bod\'{\i}k, Peter and Menache, Ishai and Chowdhury, Mosharaf and Mani, Pradeepkumar and Maltz, David A. and Stoica, Ion},
 title = {Surviving failures in bandwidth-constrained datacenters},
 journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.},
 issue_date = {October 2012},
 volume = {42},
 number = {4},
 month = aug,
 year = {2012},
 issn = {0146-4833},
 pages = {431--442},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2377677.2377760},
 doi = {10.1145/2377677.2377760},
 acmid = {2377760},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {bandwidth, datacenter networks, fault tolerance},
} 

@article{Gill:2011:UNF:2043164.2018477,
 author = {Gill, Phillipa and Jain, Navendu and Nagappan, Nachiappan},
 title = {Understanding network failures in data centers: measurement, analysis, and implications},
 journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.},
 issue_date = {August 2011},
 volume = {41},
 number = {4},
 month = aug,
 year = {2011},
 issn = {0146-4833},
 pages = {350--361},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2043164.2018477},
 doi = {10.1145/2043164.2018477},
 acmid = {2018477},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {data centers, network reliability},
} 

@article{Xie:2012:OCC:2377677.2377718,
 author = {Xie, Di and Ding, Ning and Hu, Y. Charlie and Kompella, Ramana},
 title = {The only constant is change: incorporating time-varying network reservations in data centers},
 journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.},
 issue_date = {October 2012},
 volume = {42},
 number = {4},
 month = aug,
 year = {2012},
 issn = {0146-4833},
 pages = {199--210},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2377677.2377718},
 doi = {10.1145/2377677.2377718},
 acmid = {2377718},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {allocation, bandwidth, datacenter, network reservation, profiling},
} 

@inproceedings{Mao:2011:AMC:2063384.2063449,
 author = {Mao, Ming and Humphrey, Marty},
 title = {Auto-scaling to minimize cost and meet application deadlines in cloud workflows},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of 2011 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis},
 series = {SC '11},
 year = {2011},
 isbn = {978-1-4503-0771-0},
 location = {Seattle, Washington},
 pages = {49:1--49:12},
 articleno = {49},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2063384.2063449},
 doi = {10.1145/2063384.2063449},
 acmid = {2063449},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {auto-scaling, cloud computing, cost-minimization},
}

@inproceedings{Frincu:2011:MMS:2120969.2121746,
 author = {Frincu, Marc E. and Craciun, Ciprian},
 title = {Multi-objective Meta-heuristics for Scheduling Applications with High Availability Requirements and Cost Constraints in Multi-Cloud Environments},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2011 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing},
 series = {UCC '11},
 year = {2011},
 isbn = {978-0-7695-4592-9},
 pages = {267--274},
 numpages = {8},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/UCC.2011.43},
 doi = {10.1109/UCC.2011.43},
 acmid = {2121746},
 publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
 address = {Washington, DC, USA},
 keywords = {cloud scheduling, multi-objective scheduling, meta-heuristics},
} 

@INPROCEEDINGS{6008944, 
author={Rahman, M. and Xiaorong Li and Palit, H.}, 
booktitle={Parallel and Distributed Processing Workshops and Phd Forum (IPDPSW), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on}, 
title={Hybrid Heuristic for Scheduling Data Analytics Workflow Applications in Hybrid Cloud Environment}, 
year={2011}, 
pages={966-974}, 
keywords={cloud computing;data analysis;scheduling;QoS constraint;adaptive hybrid heuristic;cloud services;cost driven environment;data analytics workflow application scheduling;data-analytics workflow scheduling;hybrid cloud environment;meta-heuristics;scheduling technique;workflow-level optimization capability;Cloud computing;Dynamic scheduling;Optimization;Processor scheduling;Quality of service;Schedules}, 
doi={10.1109/IPDPS.2011.243}, 
ISSN={1530-2075},}

@article{bittencourt2011hcoc,
  title={HCOC: a cost optimization algorithm for workflow scheduling in hybrid clouds},
  author={Bittencourt, Luiz Fernando and Madeira, Edmundo Roberto Mauro},
  journal={Journal of Internet Services and Applications},
  volume={2},
  number={3},
  pages={207--227},
  year={2011},
  publisher={Springer}
}

@inproceedings{VandenBossche:2010:CSH:1844768.1845342,
 author = {Van den Bossche, Ruben and Vanmechelen, Kurt and Broeckhove, Jan},
 title = {Cost-Optimal Scheduling in Hybrid IaaS Clouds for Deadline Constrained Workloads},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing},
 series = {CLOUD '10},
 year = {2010},
 isbn = {978-0-7695-4130-3},
 pages = {228--235},
 numpages = {8},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD.2010.58},
 doi = {10.1109/CLOUD.2010.58},
 acmid = {1845342},
 publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
 address = {Washington, DC, USA},
 keywords = {Cloud Computing, Scheduling, Linear programming},
} 

@inproceedings{Voorsluys:2009:CVM:1695659.1695684,
 author = {Voorsluys, William and Broberg, James and Venugopal, Srikumar and Buyya, Rajkumar},
 title = {Cost of Virtual Machine Live Migration in Clouds: A Performance Evaluation},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Cloud Computing},
 series = {CloudCom '09},
 year = {2009},
 isbn = {978-3-642-10664-4},
 location = {Beijing, China},
 pages = {254--265},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10665-1_23},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-10665-1_23},
 acmid = {1695684},
 publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
 address = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
 keywords = {Virtual machines, Xen, migration, performance evaluation},
} 

@article{Ferreto:2011:SCM:2009738.2009885,
 author = {Ferreto, Tiago C. and Netto, Marco A. S. and Calheiros, Rodrigo N. and De Rose, C{\'e}sar A. F.},
 title = {Server consolidation with migration control for virtualized data centers},
 journal = {Future Gener. Comput. Syst.},
 issue_date = {October, 2011},
 volume = {27},
 number = {8},
 month = oct,
 year = {2011},
 issn = {0167-739X},
 pages = {1027--1034},
 numpages = {8},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2011.04.016},
 doi = {10.1016/j.future.2011.04.016},
 acmid = {2009885},
 publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.},
 address = {Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands},
 keywords = {Data centers, Migration control, Server consolidation, Virtualization},
} 

@article{daaccounting,
  title={Accounting Models for Cloud Computing: A Systematic Mapping Study},
  author={da Silva, Francisco Airton Pereira and Neto, Paulo Anselmo da Mota Silveira and Garcia, Vinicius Cardoso and Assad, Rodrigo Elia and Trinta, Fernando Antonio Mota}
}

@article{Tordsson:2012:CBM:2039447.2039639,
 author = {Tordsson, Johan and Montero, Rub{\'e}n S. and Moreno-Vozmediano, Rafael and Llorente, Ignacio M.},
 title = {Cloud brokering mechanisms for optimized placement of virtual machines across multiple providers},
 journal = {Future Gener. Comput. Syst.},
 issue_date = {February, 2012},
 volume = {28},
 number = {2},
 month = feb,
 year = {2012},
 issn = {0167-739X},
 pages = {358--367},
 numpages = {10},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2011.07.003},
 doi = {10.1016/j.future.2011.07.003},
 acmid = {2039639},
 publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.},
 address = {Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands},
 keywords = {Cloud computing, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Interoperability, Scheduling},
} 

@INPROCEEDINGS{5284157, 
author={Xinhui Li and Ying Li and Tiancheng Liu and Jie Qiu and Fengchun Wang}, 
booktitle={Cloud Computing, 2009. CLOUD '09. IEEE International Conference on}, 
title={The Method and Tool of Cost Analysis for Cloud Computing}, 
year={2009}, 
pages={93-100}, 
keywords={Internet;Cloud Total Cost of Ownership;Web tool;cloud computing;cost analysis;utilization cost;virtualization technology;Application software;Cloud computing;Computer industry;Cost function;Economies of scale;Environmental economics;Filling;Proposals;Resource management;Web server;Cloud computing;Ecnomic Scale;TCO}, 
doi={10.1109/CLOUD.2009.84},}

@article{skilton2010building,
  title={Building Return on Investment from Cloud Computing},
  author={Skilton, Mark and Director, Capgemini},
  journal={White Paper, The Open Group},
  year={2010}
}

@inproceedings{Calheiros:2012:CPS:2426725.2426739,
 author = {Calheiros, Rodrigo N. and Buyya, Rajkumar},
 title = {Cost-Effective provisioning and scheduling of deadline-constrained applications in hybrid clouds},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Web Information Systems Engineering},
 series = {WISE'12},
 year = {2012},
 isbn = {978-3-642-35062-7},
 location = {Paphos, Cyprus},
 pages = {171--184},
 numpages = {14},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35063-4_13},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-35063-4_13},
 acmid = {2426739},
 publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
 address = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
} 

@inproceedings{deAssuncao:2009:ECU:1551609.1551635,
 author = {de Assuncao, Marcos Dias and di Costanzo, Alexandre and Buyya, Rajkumar},
 title = {Evaluating the cost-benefit of using cloud computing to extend the capacity of clusters},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th ACM international symposium on High performance distributed computing},
 series = {HPDC '09},
 year = {2009},
 isbn = {978-1-60558-587-1},
 location = {Garching, Germany},
 pages = {141--150},
 numpages = {10},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1551609.1551635},
 doi = {10.1145/1551609.1551635},
 acmid = {1551635},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {cloud computing, job backfilling, load sharing, scheduling},
} 

@inproceedings{Sharma:2012:PCC:2310096.2310226,
 author = {Sharma, Bhanu and Thulasiram, Ruppa K. and Thulasiraman, Parimala and Garg, Saurabh K. and Buyya, Rajkumar},
 title = {Pricing Cloud Compute Commodities: A Novel Financial Economic Model},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 12th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (ccgrid 2012)},
 series = {CCGRID '12},
 year = {2012},
 isbn = {978-0-7695-4691-9},
 pages = {451--457},
 numpages = {7},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCGrid.2012.126},
 doi = {10.1109/CCGrid.2012.126},
 acmid = {2310226},
 publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
 address = {Washington, DC, USA},
 keywords = {Cloud Resources Pricing, Financial Economic Model, Depreciation of Resources, Quality of Service, Profit},
} 

@article{Garg:2010:TCT:1838759.1838827,
 author = {Garg, Saurabh Kumar and Buyya, Rajkumar and Siegel, Howard Jay},
 title = {Time and cost trade-off management for scheduling parallel applications on Utility Grids},
 journal = {Future Gener. Comput. Syst.},
 issue_date = {October, 2010},
 volume = {26},
 number = {8},
 month = oct,
 year = {2010},
 issn = {0167-739X},
 pages = {1344--1355},
 numpages = {12},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2009.07.003},
 doi = {10.1016/j.future.2009.07.003},
 acmid = {1838827},
 publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.},
 address = {Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands},
 keywords = {Grid computing, Market-oriented, Meta-scheduling, Resource management},
} 

@incollection{garg2012financial,
  title={Financial Application as a Software Service on Cloud},
  author={Garg, Saurabh Kumar and Sharma, Bhanu and Calheiros, Rodrigos N and Thulasiram, Ruppa K and Thulasiraman, Parimala and Buyya, Rajkumar},
  booktitle={Contemporary Computing},
  pages={141--151},
  year={2012},
  publisher={Springer}
}

@incollection{klems2009clouds,
  title={Do clouds compute? a framework for estimating the value of cloud computing},
  author={Klems, Markus and Nimis, Jens and Tai, Stefan},
  booktitle={Designing E-Business Systems. Markets, Services, and Networks},
  pages={110--123},
  year={2009},
  publisher={Springer}
}

@article{Greenberg:2008:CCR:1496091.1496103,
 author = {Greenberg, Albert and Hamilton, James and Maltz, David A. and Patel, Parveen},
 title = {The cost of a cloud: research problems in data center networks},
 journal = {SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev.},
 issue_date = {January 2009},
 volume = {39},
 number = {1},
 month = dec,
 year = {2008},
 issn = {0146-4833},
 pages = {68--73},
 numpages = {6},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1496091.1496103},
 doi = {10.1145/1496091.1496103},
 acmid = {1496103},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {cloud-service data centers, costs, network challenges},
}

@inproceedings{Yi:2010:RCS:1844768.1845343,
 author = {Yi, Sangho and Kondo, Derrick and Andrzejak, Artur},
 title = {Reducing Costs of Spot Instances via Checkpointing in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing},
 series = {CLOUD '10},
 year = {2010},
 isbn = {978-0-7695-4130-3},
 pages = {236--243},
 numpages = {8},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD.2010.35},
 doi = {10.1109/CLOUD.2010.35},
 acmid = {1845343},
 publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
 address = {Washington, DC, USA},
 keywords = {Cloud Computing, Checkpointing, Reliability},
} 

@INPROCEEDINGS{5217932, 
author={Deelman, E. and Singh, G. and Livny, M. and Berriman, B. and Good, J.}, 
booktitle={High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, 2008. SC 2008. International Conference for}, 
title={The cost of doing science on the cloud: The Montage example}, 
year={2008}, 
pages={1-12}, 
keywords={grid computing;information retrieval;search engines;Amazon EC2 cloud;Amazon S3;Amazon cloud fee structure;communication resources;cost performance tradeoffs;data archival;data-intensive applications;real-life astronomy application;resource provisioning plans;utility grids;Astronomy;Cloud computing;Collaborative work;Computer applications;Costs;Grid computing;Information analysis;Marine technology;Optical computing;Permission}, 
doi={10.1109/SC.2008.5217932},}

@inproceedings{Martens:2012:CCC:2116261.2117235,
 author = {Martens, Benedikt and Walterbusch, Marc and Teuteberg, Frank},
 title = {Costing of Cloud Computing Services: A Total Cost of Ownership Approach},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences},
 series = {HICSS '12},
 year = {2012},
 isbn = {978-0-7695-4525-7},
 pages = {1563--1572},
 numpages = {10},
 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.186},
 doi = {10.1109/HICSS.2012.186},
 acmid = {2117235},
 publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
 address = {Washington, DC, USA},
 keywords = {Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Services, Total Cost of Ownership, Costing},
}

